Jeff Sessions

'An Appalling And Detestable Lie': 5 Highlights From Sessions' Senate Testimony

8:26pm June 13, 2017

by Miles Parks

The attorney general gave a fiery opening statement and answered senators' questions for 2 1/2 hours. Democrats hammered him on FBI Director James Comey's firing and for being generally evasive.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions arrives to testify during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on Tuesday.

Jeff Sessions Testifies He Never Discussed Election With Russians

6:11pm June 13, 2017

by Greg Myre

In testy exchanges with Democratic senators, the attorney general defended himself against suggestions of wrongdoing during the 2016 campaign but refused to discuss conversations with the president.

Politics & Government

WATCH LIVE: Attorney General Jeff Sessions Testifies About The Russia Investigation

2:33pm June 13, 2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee in an open hearing on Tuesday.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is expected to be asked about his meetings with Russian officials when he testifies Tuesday. He is seen here leaving the Appellate Chiefs' Conference in South Carolina this weekend.

Attorney General Sessions' Testimony To Senate Panel Will Be Public

3:14pm June 12, 2017

by Bill Chappell

The hearing is scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m. ET Tuesday. The Justice Department says Sessions asked for it to be public.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and President Trump attend the 36th annual National Peace Officers Memorial Service on May 15 on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Reports: AG Sessions Offered To Resign Amid Trump Anger At Recusal

10:53pm June 06, 2017

by Shirley Henry

Sessions was among Trump's most ardent supporters in 2016, but according to reports from ABC News and others, the president remains furious with his choice to recuse himself from Russia inquiries.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions addresses the Sergeants Benevolent Association of New York City at an event Friday in Washington, D.C. During his speech, Sessions said federal prosecutors "deserve to be unhandcuffed and not micromanaged from Washington."

National

Sessions Tells Prosecutors To Seek 'Most Serious' Charges, Stricter Sentences

1:19pm May 12, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The move, which was announced in a memo, reverses an Obama-era recommendation that asked federal prosecutors not to hit low-level drug offenders with charges that carry mandatory minimum sentences.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions at a speech in April.

Recused And Accused: Critics Say Sessions Should Have Stayed Out Of Comey Firing

5:00am May 12, 2017

by Scott Horsley

Attorney General Sessions' recommendation that President Trump fire the FBI Director has raised eyebrows. Sessions had promised to keep his distance from an investigation of last year's campaign.

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Hawaii's Democratic lawmakers are criticizing Attorney General Jeff Sessions after he expressed amazement on a radio show that a "judge sitting on an island in the Pacific" could stop the president's travel ban. Above, Sessions at the Department of Justic

Hawaii Tells Jeff Sessions: 'Have Some Respect'

4:58pm April 21, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

On Tuesday, the U.S. attorney general marveled that "a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific" could block President Trump's travel ban. Hawaiians say he messed with the wrong archipelago.

A mural dedicated to Freddie Gray was painted near the location where he was arrested in Baltimore, Md. A judge has approved a court-enforceable consent decree to overhaul the city's police department, after an investigation prompted by Gray's death.

National

Federal Judge Approves Consent Decree To Overhaul Baltimore Police

5:38pm April 07, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he had "grave concerns" about the decree, negotiated during the Obama administration. But a judge rejected the Trump administration's request to delay the deal.

Beck Bennett as Vladimir Putin and Kate McKinnon as Jeff Sessions on Saturday Night Live on March 4.

Kate McKinnon Mocks Sessions As Forrest Gump On 'SNL'

11:27am March 05, 2017

by James Doubek

There were no surprise appearances of Melissa McCarthy's "Spicey" or Alec Baldwin's Trump, but SNL still got in a few digs at the Trump administration, mostly courtesy of cast member Kate McKinnon.